Common Criteria is an internationally recognized independent security certification recognized by governments in more than 25 countries, including the United States. Common Criteria certification is granted when a Common Criteria testing laboratory determines that a product meets a measure of security. The certification addresses product functionality, development environment, documentation and product testing measures.
"CA SiteMinder safeguards access to highly sensitive government and commercial applications and data. The Common Criteria validation gives our global government and enterprise customers the assurance that CA SiteMinder meets a common set of security guidelines that have been put forward for IT products," said Dave Hansen, corporate senior vice president and general manager, CA Security Management.
CA SiteMinder is a centralized Web access management system that enables user authentication, along with single sign-on, policy-based authorization, identity federation, and centralized auditing of access to web applications and portals. By streamlining processes for Web application security and authentication, CA SiteMinder helps enable a Lean IT operation to provide maximum value by improving the customer experience and increasing user productivity, all while limiting waste.
The CA SiteMinder evaluation was performed by Booz Allen Hamilton's Common Criteria Testing Laboratory (CCTL). The Booz Allen Hamilton lab is one of only nine U.S.-based CCTLs approved by NIAP and meets the Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme. The Booz Allen CCTL conducts IT security evaluations for conformance to the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation, International Standard ISO/IEC 15408:1999.
"Booz Allen's Common Criteria Testing Lab has enabled CA, Inc. to assure its clients that its product meets the necessary security standards," said Bill Stewart, Booz Allen vice president and security expert in assurance and resilience. "We are very pleased to be able to help CA deliver enduring value to its product consumers."
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA) established the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) to evaluate IT product conformance to the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation, an international standard. The program, officially known as the NIAP Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS) is a partnership between the public and private sectors to help organizations select commercial off-the-shelf information technology (IT) products that meet their security requirements and to help manufacturers of those products gain acceptance in the global marketplace. Twenty-six countries now recognize the Common Criteria as third-party evaluation criteria for IT security procedures.
About Booz Allen
Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of strategy and technology consulting for 95 years. Providing a broad range of services in strategy, operations, organization and change, information technology, systems engineering, and program management, Booz Allen is committed to delivering results that endure. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen has 20,000 employees and generates annual revenue of over $4 billion. Booz Allen's Common Criteria Testing Laboratory is a leading provider in product evaluations and the industry expert for medium robustness evaluations.
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